A GP report read out at the inquest said that she had received major surgery in 1975 for spina bifida and was also diagnosed with chronic leukaemia in 2016.

In all of the live evidence given today, it was heard that the decision was made to move Miss Barbour to Lincoln County Hospital due to her unstable state and repeat cardiac arrests, unavailability of the air ambulance and the possibility that she may have been pregnant.

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Evidence from Emma Haskey heard at the inquest said: “In a pre-alert to the hospital I informed them there was a female patient after a road traffic collision with a query to whether she was eight months pregnant and that I would update them with more information when I could.

“Later I was updated by the Emergency Operations Centre who told me that a C-section was carried out and the patient was found not to be pregnant.”